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> Something else that needs to be considered is the company reputation - having
> it ready when they said it would be ready. Now good planning SHOULD give a
> reliable(ish!) release date but you then have to contend with salesmen. In
> more than one place I've worked development gave regular little demos so
> everyone knew where they were up, could provide feedback etc. What they then
> found out was that Sales had thought 'this is good' and the next thing it was
> why isn't it ready, we've already sold some and customers are waiting!
